selection
noun
- a selecting or being selected
- a person or thing chosen
- a group or collection of these
- a variety from which to choose: a selection of colors
- Biol. any process, natural or artificial, by which certain organisms or characters are favored or perpetuated in, or as if in, preference to others
See selection in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(sĭ-lĕkˈshən)
nouna. The act or an instance of selecting or the fact of having been selected.
b. One that is selected.
- A carefully chosen or representative collection of people or things. See Synonyms at choice.
- A literary or musical text chosen for reading or performance.
- Biology A natural or artificial process that favors or induces survival and perpetuation of one kind of organism over others that die or fail to produce offspring.
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